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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Lucille tell the principal at school?
2. Why can't Ruth hear Lucille when her sister talks to her?
3. Who follows Sylvie and Ruth at the lake?
4. What happens to the pressed flowers the sisters find?
5. Where do Sylvie and Ruth spend the night?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Ruth feel about hanging out with the girls from school?
2. What happens when the sheriff comes to the house to see about the fire Sylvie lit to burn trash?
3. What does Lucille do about the sewing after fighting with Ruth?
4. When the school sends letters to Sylvie about the girls' truancy, what does Sylvie do?
5. How does Ruth respond to Lucille when she begs Ruth to leave Sylvie?
6. In Chapter 10, what does Sylvie do to continue to change enough to keep Ruth?
7. What does Sylvie do when Lucille asks about her husband?
8. What does Ruth think would have happened in her life if her mother had not killed herself?
9. Why does Sylvie wake Ruth up before dawn after Lucille has left?
10. What happens when Lucille yells at Sylvie about sleeping on the bench?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why do you think Sylvie suggested the owner of a boat she steals is a lunatic? Do you think this reflects Sylvie's opinion of herself? Why?
Essay Topic 2
As time goes by and Sylvie stays with the girls, the two sisters have different reactions and feelings towards Sylvie's eccentricities. Describe their differences and write about how you believe you would feel in the same circumstances.
Essay Topic 3
By chapter five, we are beginning to see a picture of Sylvie as a person who does not seem to pay much attention to everyday life. What about Sylvie seems strange to you and does her strangeness make her more or less attractive to you? Why?
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